Posted at 1:29 PM on February 4, 2010 by Tom
Scheck
State Auditor Rebecca Otto, a Democrat, is criticizing two of her GOP
opponents over something pretty important to the job - math.
In a news release, Otto's campaign said two of the four GOP
candidates for State Auditor made mistakes on their campaign finance
reports:
Candidates Pat Anderson and Randy Gilbert have filed reports that
don't add up.
Pat Anderson's
gubernatorial report
misstates her ending cash balance.
The reporting form instructs candidates to subtract the total
campaign expenses of $26,420.99 from total receipts of $29,659.00.
Pat Anderson says that number is $3,584.66, but actually doing the
math gives a different number: $3,238.01.
Randy Gilbert's state auditor
report
misstates his total expenditures,
saying that $6,699.08 plus $30 equals $6,713.08. The correct answer
is $6,729.08.
The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing roughly $20 billion
in spending by local units of government.
Anderson served as State Auditor between 2003 and 2007. Otto defeated
her in the 2006 election.
I'm seeking comments from Anderson and Gilbert and
will post one when I get it.
Update: Randy Gilbert sent along this statement:
"Our amendment has already been filed. We did not have the software
this year, so we completed our forms on excel. This was a simple
transferring error."
